CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago Bulls center Eddy Curry was scheduled for more tests Friday after missing two games with an irregular heartbeat, but he said he hopes to play Saturday. "I'm cool now. The doctors (in Charlotte, N.C.) said it's nothing life-threatening. It just comes all of a sudden and is like some electric charge on the left side of the heart," Curry said in an interview with The Chicago Tribune. Curry sat out Wednesday night's game in Charlotte and remained behind Thursday night for observation and treatment before flying to Chicago on Friday to be tested some more. He missed Thursday night's overtime win against Cleveland The Bulls, riding an eight-game winning streak, play Charlotte at home Saturday night. Curry, 22, said he began to feel an erratic beat during last Monday's win over Memphis when he scored 25 points. "I just figured I was excited because I didn't have any chest pains," he said. "It just beat funny. When I'm playing I don't really feel anything. It's when I sit down and my heart rate slows down that it starts feeling weird." The basketball world has been stunned in the past by the heart-related deaths of Hank Gathers of Loyola Marymount and Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics. The Bulls will take as long as needed to assess Curry's condition and make sure he's ready to go. "The top priority is for the doctors to get his heart back into proper rhythm," Bulls general manager John Paxson said. "Then he's going to be monitored closely. ... We'll do whatever it takes to make sure Eddy's OK and get him healthy again." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/bask...04/01/curry.ap/
